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Dr. Dmitry Kozlov | |
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Дмитрий Ильич Козлов | |
Born | Dmitry Ilyich Kozlov October 1, 1919 Tikhoretsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | March 7, 2009 Samara, Russia | (aged 89)
Education | Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute (PhD, Technical Sciences) |
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Known for | scientist in aerospace engineering |
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Dmitry Ilyich Kozlov (1 October 1919, Tikhoretsk – 7 March 2009, Samara) was a Russian aerospace engineer who founded the Progress Rocket Space Center, the developer and manufacturer of the Soyuz family of rockets.[1]
Kozlov fought the Nazis in the Second World War, losing his left arm.[2] In the 1950s he worked under Sergey Korolyov and was in charge of designing the R-7 missile, the design of which would become the basis of the Soyuz rocket. As a leading designer of intercontinental ballistic missiles Kozlov was awarded a Lenin Prize (1957), two USSR State Prizes (1976, 1983), a Russian Federation State Prize (1994) and was named a Hero of Socialist Labour on two occasions (1961, 1979).[2]